Trousers-hanger.



No. 658,434. Patented Sept. 25, I900.

M. A. GILMAN.

TROUSERS HANGER.

(Application filed. Apr. 8, 1899;)

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UNiTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MYRON A. GILMAN, OF WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TROUSERS-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,434, dated. September 25, 1906.

Application filed April 8, 1899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MY RON A. GILMAN,a citizen of the United States, residing at Westfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Trousers-Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hangers for trousers in which resilient hooks are inserted into a substantial body; and the object of my improvement is to provide an adjustable, inexpensive, and durable hanger of the class designated above and one that is adapted to receive advertisements upon one or both sides thereof. I attain this object by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1.is a side view of my invention, showing the manner of suspending a pair of trousers therefrom; and Fig. 2, a full-size bottom view of one of the hooks.

My hanger consists of the body A, the trousers-hooks B B, and the hook O. The body A is preferably made of wood, having the longitudinal holes 1 l entering the same from the ends. One or both sides 2 of said body are plain andadapted to have advertisements or similar matter printed, branded, or otherwise incorporated therewith. The hanger is adapted to be suspended from a coat-hook or other support by means of the hook 0, extending upward from the upper edge of the body A.

Each of the hooks B has the resilient angular shanks 3 3 and preferably consists of a piece of wire bent to the form shown in the drawings. The hook B terminates at the base in the eyes 4: 4 and has the upwardlyextendingloop 5. The hooks B are connected with the body A by inserting the horizontal parts of the shanks 3 into the holes 1, each of the latter being large enough to accommodate said parts when squeezed together, as

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indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. Dy drawing the hooks B out of or pushing them into the body A the hanger is rendered ad justable to any size of trousers. sufficient friction between the body A and the shanks 3 to retain the hooks B in place.

The upper portion of a pair of trousers D is indicated in outline in Fig. 1 to show the manner of attaching and suspending the garment from the holder. The front of the trousers D is folded in just forward of the front pair of buttons 6, and the latter are inserted in the eyes A of the left-hand hook B from the outside, said hook being between the folded sections of said trousers. The back of the trousers D passes between the depending parts of the right-hand hook B, and the rear buttons 6 are inserted in the eyes 4 of said hook from the inside.

The manner described above of supporting trousers keeps the creases in the legs and takes the bags out of the knees.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a trousers-hanger, of a substantial body having holes therein, and hooks consisting of depending looped-eye portions for buttons, provided With resilient shanks adapted to be inserted in said holes, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, in a trousers-hanger, of a substantial body having holes therein; hooks provided with resilient shanks adjustablyinsertediu said holes, depending eye portions for buttons, and loops connecting said portions; and means for suspending said hanger from a support, substantially as specified.

MYRON A. GILMAN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE KRESS, ROBERT C. PARKER.

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